How Santa Fe Works as a Production Hub featuring Andrew C. Griego

<p>Cameron sits down with<a href="https://santafenm.film/about-contact-us/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> <strong>Andrew C. Griego</strong></a> of the<a href="https://santafenm.film/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> <strong>Santa Fe Film Office</strong></a> to unpack how Santa Fe actually functions as a production hub inside New Mexico&#39;s highly competitive incentive system.</p><p>Andrew grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and developed a passion for film and broadcast journalism that started in grade school. He went on to study filmmaking at NYU&#39;s Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with honors in 2013, before returning to New Mexico and building a career in the Locations Department. After joining IATSE Local 480, he worked his way up to Location Manager on large-scale features, television series, commercials, and documentaries, giving him a ground-level understanding of what productions actually need when they arrive in a region. He now calls Santa Fe home and brings that on-set perspective to his work at the Santa Fe Film Office.</p><p>While the statewide incentive often gets the attention, the conversation focuses on the operational layer producers encounter once a project lands in Santa Fe. From municipal permitting and historic districts to local crew depth, qualified production facilities, and the realities of shooting in a city with a strong architectural and cultural identity. Andrew breaks down how productions structure around the state&#39;s incentive uplifts, why Santa Fe works especially well for episodic television and contained features, and what producers often misunderstand about the region beyond the &quot;desert&quot; stereotype. They also discuss the city&#39;s production infrastructure, local crew culture, rural filming advantages, and how Santa Fe coordinates with the New Mexico Film Office to keep productions moving efficiently.<br><strong>ABOUT WRAPBOOK</strong></p><p><strong>Wrapbook is the AI platform for production finance.</strong></p><p>Built for today’s fast-moving production landscape, Wrapbook brings payroll, spend, and accounting into one AI-powered system—giving production teams the tools they need to do more, faster.</p><p>Built for features, TV, or commercials—Wrapbook helps the industry’s biggest production companies stay compliant, track every dollar in real time, and eliminate the paper-chasing that slows everything down. AI handles the busywork—reading invoices, flagging issues,